ENGL 200 Lecture Notes - Misanthropy, Dragaera, Ancient Constitution Of England
18 May 2012
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Jonathan swift is the author, 1667 in dublin, his parents are english. His father dies before he is born, and he is raised by relatives in ireland. He goes to a grammar school there and trinity college in dublin, where he graduates without distinction, expending energy only on subjects that he liked like literature, and just ignoring his philosophy courses. For the remainder of the 17th century until 1699, he works as a secretary for sir william. Temple, and he dies in 1699, and so swift no longer has employment, and returns to. He was one of the greatest satirists in an age that was enamored by satire. This is what they often try to do: open our eyes to the world around us. His most famous works were: the tale of a tube. Satire on contemporary academe: gulliver"s travels. Book 1 has a lot of satire on english political institutions.
